What a magnificent machine and an incredible event. The only sad thing is that many of the people at this event have more respect for American muscle cars than some Americans. Just another example proving if you make something of quality with passion, the whole world will take notice. Well done. Events like this show how cars can bring people together from all around the world.
@@pweter351 I'm well aware of that. James said he loves that people in other countries love American muscle, you said English body, I said only one of them (the Cobra) has an English body, of the rest of the cars in the video are American. Since the Cobra in the video is a kit car, I said, good chance it was made in S. Africa, (that's where they make the kits).
Ever been to an American car event (show, drags, circuit/autocross)? Did you see European cars there? Of course you did. Car guys like cars, doesn't matter what country they were manufactured in.
@@meema844 Hey, I'm not sure what you mean by hill or what country you're in. I'm in the US in car culture-crazed southern California and I see 356, Austin Healy 3000, E-Type, 2002, R8 and all manner of Porsche/Ferrari/Maserati/McLaren almost daily.
@@justme307 “hill to die on” essentially mean it’s an unorthodox or unimportant point to take or make serious. Made a big deal out of nothing is what it means basically.
@@bigredc222 ok but thats the value for rich collectors. Its still the same frame, some people like to engine swap it to make it faster and modify it to their own taste.
One of my nearby neighbors had a garage sale. I peaked in the back of the garage and spotted one of these cobras… I started talking to the man in his 80s about the car. He has owned the car since new. He had many pictures on the wall in his garage of his car in competition in some type of a auto cross event, where they have cones set up in a large parking lots, and the time how long it takes you to get through the course. This was the man’s second cobra. His first one was a 427.. he replaced it with his current car that he’s owned for decades with a 289.. he keeps the car, absolutely spotless, and he does not compete anymore. He has all the history and documentation and trophies he wow with his cobra.. you never know what you will see sitting in the back of some people’s garages..
@@johncunningham4820 Yeah, that's why almost all Cobras have Chevy under the hood. There are far more that way in replicas than Ford ever made. It's called upgrading.
@K It's on the skills of the builder. FF replicas are very good stuff, better I think than the factory cars were. Knowing they would only build a handful, reliability & quality were not at the top of the list over at Ford. They were only looking for performance numbers to get bragging rights.
I was lucky to see the Cobra car club from Perth come down to my home town 2 days ago,great blokes and spent quite a while with them and checking out their beasts.
My 335d when tuned and modded......slightly.... would spin the Pilot Sport Cup tires at 100 when the boost came up.....its an interesting feeling to have to HOLD ONTO the car like that....lol
We built a few of these at Roush engineering in Livonia Mi. And used the original aluminum body’s. Jacks personal car was a 488 cid dual quad auto. Fast and his car. Early 80s and available new from ford dealers but I don’t remember how that worked out, I took off to Fl. To federalize euro spec cars, great days.
He is easing it off the line. If he had drag slicks and launched hard with good traction he would easily be in the 10's. 900hp in a car that light would have no problem turning those times.
I've ran 12.9 with 310hp in a 4.6 mustang that weighs 3200lbs without me. This car is overkill on power and underkill on suspension/tires. With that said, it's fucking beautiful and I wouldn't make a it a drag only car either if I owned it. Right suspension/slicks probably looking at a high 8's car if the rest of the drivetrain can hold up. Suuuuper sweet ride.
Would require different tires to get much more of the 900 to the ground and probably a few plates in the trunk. That's probably not a computer controlled throttle and there is no traction control. He was fighting smoking the tires the whole first half of the run, almost bit it hard one time on the 3rd run - and you do not want to crash one, its not a "safe" modern car, it wants to kill you. Just because it has more power doesn't make it quicker on the track....
Not sure where this is, Germany, Netherlands maybe, but it’s good to see Europeans enjoying American cars. If you don’t want to be like everyone else this would do it.
As one should, no traction control or dynamic stability control on this beast. The first time you forget how thin the line between control and chaos really is, the beast will remind you. Then you find yourself in one of those "Failure" videos.
What color is the AC Cobra @ 0:39 ? I'm thinking Cherry Red or some sort of wine color but, of course, it could be maroon, burgundy, or magenta. It's also @ 4:29 - 5:01.
That car actually makes big ass horsepower, but if you notice when he finally lays on the throttle all the way the car just snaps sideways... Those little cobras are very very deceptive little vehicles no way to put all of the horsepower to the ground without the threat of flipping the damn thing over
Motorcycles and automobiles have always been my loves, but that woman at the starting line, with her little skirt and big boots makes me very happy as well!
My brother was a professional mechanic in the mid 70s. He built a Cobra and engine for the owner of a local drug store. Or the first test run they lost control of the car. The ambulance crew found them about 150 feet from the car. By some miracle they both survived, but neither can remember what happened. The car? It was a mangled ball of scrap metal. I don't know if anyone could handle putting the pedal to the metal in one of these cars. Shalom/gw
Flooring a Cobra is risky business. I've got drag radials on the back of mine and it's my daily driver. I also have a brand new set of street tires mounted on matching wheels that just sit in the garage - too dangerous for the street. It's got 615 crank hp.
Yea that cobra is not making even 600hp to crank. No way. The roush cobra factory next to us in South florida, my buddy tuned them all down the street and I was with him in a few from 300 to 600hp versions and the 600hp was just to much one treet for that light of car with the wheel base. It's one of my dream cars to build, but no way in hell that's even close to 900 crank, every gear even easing into he would be ice skating.
Hahaha, you don't know anything about the matter... Anyone that knows cobras can tell a 400hp doesn't move that fast... You didn't notice the driver taking it easy?
It's set up for the road, tyres etc, put slicks on and not be so gentle off the line it's a different story, he is not showing you the cars full potential here
That’s a pretty fast Cobra! Just have balls of steel to drive it this fast! 🥵
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Dude is a chadly man dad.
Looks like Weineck Cobra...Better!!!
Didn't look fast too me?
...and no stahlhelm🤚🏻🥴💛
So many mustangs and no crowd got plowed. Truly a special event!
😆 👍
Gotta love it! Fast cars, Mini skirts, Go-Go boots and no helmets!
What a magnificent machine and an incredible event. The only sad thing is that many of the people at this event have more respect for American muscle cars than some Americans. Just another example proving if you make something of quality with passion, the whole world will take notice. Well done. Events like this show how cars can bring people together from all around the world.
Dude wasn't running it hard or anything. Just enough to get it going. Awesome
I love the fact that so many people in other countries love and want good old American muscle
Actually English body 😃
@@pweter351 One has an English body. There's a good chance that Cobra was made in South Africa.
@@bigredc222 AC is an English company
@@pweter351 I'm well aware of that. James said he loves that people in other countries love American muscle, you said English body, I said only one of them (the Cobra) has an English body, of the rest of the cars in the video are American. Since the Cobra in the video is a kit car, I said, good chance it was made in S. Africa, (that's where they make the kits).
@@pweter351 ..and chassis.
Its SO nice seeing Europe getting deep into an American Muscle phase. Keep it up guys!
Pee Pa
Hmmm....deep into American muscle. Fukkcc yeah...
Ever been to an American car event (show, drags, circuit/autocross)? Did you see European cars there? Of course you did. Car guys like cars, doesn't matter what country they were manufactured in.
@@justme307 What a strange hill to die on lol. I’m just happy to see American manufacturing.
@@meema844 Hey, I'm not sure what you mean by hill or what country you're in. I'm in the US in car culture-crazed southern California and I see 356, Austin Healy 3000, E-Type, 2002, R8 and all manner of Porsche/Ferrari/Maserati/McLaren almost daily.
@@justme307 “hill to die on” essentially mean it’s an unorthodox or unimportant point to take or make serious.
Made a big deal out of nothing is what it means basically.
That car is still an original beast back then in 1969. It still feels like driving in the oldies' era 🤩
1965*
That car is a replica.
@@bigredc222 so what its like another word for refurbished, its still a cobra, its not like it was made by 3d printer
@@aghost9614 The difference is about 3/4 of a million dollars.
@@bigredc222 ok but thats the value for rich collectors. Its still the same frame, some people like to engine swap it to make it faster and modify it to their own taste.
One of my nearby neighbors had a garage sale. I peaked in the back of the garage and spotted one of these cobras… I started talking to the man in his 80s about the car. He has owned the car since new. He had many pictures on the wall in his garage of his car in competition in some type of a auto cross event, where they have cones set up in a large parking lots, and the time how long it takes you to get through the course. This was the man’s second cobra. His first one was a 427.. he replaced it with his current car that he’s owned for decades with a 289..
he keeps the car, absolutely spotless, and he does not compete anymore. He has all the history and documentation and trophies he wow with his cobra..
you never know what you will see sitting in the back of some people’s garages..
love seeing American muscle cars getting appreciated in Europe, thanks for the video
Remember AC was a British car company. The AC ACECA and then AC ACE before the Cobra. But it took shelly to stick a proper engine in her.
It's a British car, with an American engine.
AC Cobra was built in Britain NOT U.S.
Built in Britain. Turned in to Cobras in America.
Can’t go wrong with a cobra replica or real
If you put a Ford engine in it, you can.
@@ricktaylor3748 . It can ONLY have a Ford Engine . Otherwise its an Aberration .
@@johncunningham4820 Yeah, that's why almost all Cobras have Chevy under the hood. There are far more that way in replicas than Ford ever made. It's called upgrading.
@K It's on the skills of the builder. FF replicas are very good stuff, better I think than the factory cars were. Knowing they would only build a handful, reliability & quality were not at the top of the list over at Ford. They were only looking for performance numbers to get bragging rights.
@@ricktaylor3748 Id run an SB2.2 and a close ratio 4spd dog box
That was a bad ass cobra. Ran like it should and really pretty.
I've driven several of them back in the mid 60's. 289 and 427, both were like riding on a dart.
Nothing but good old American Horsepower Cars. Hello from Texas
British car plus American engine is always a combination that delivers amazing cars.
Nice cars! Love that Cobra. Great video.
Holy Hell!! that #60 is a gorgeous beast!!!
I was lucky to see the Cobra car club from Perth come down to my home town 2 days ago,great blokes and spent quite a while with them and checking out their beasts.
Perth Ontario?
Perth, Western Australia?
Cobra kit car club?
When you can skid your wheels in the 3rd gear doing already 100, that thing has massive power. Probably wider wheels needed. My favorite car.
My 335d when tuned and modded......slightly.... would spin the Pilot Sport Cup tires at 100 when the boost came up.....its an interesting feeling to have to HOLD ONTO the car like that....lol
Taller sidewall would help it. Stiff short sidewalls can contribute towards spinning
Super Gerät, absolut der Hammer
Love it just a Sunday drive for grandpa !
We built a few of these at Roush engineering in Livonia Mi. And used the original aluminum body’s. Jacks personal car was a 488 cid dual quad auto. Fast and his car. Early 80s and available new from ford dealers but I don’t remember how that worked out, I took off to Fl. To federalize euro spec cars, great days.
11.7 quarter mile - 3 seconds of that were his shifts.
And uphill track.
gearbox be like the old top-loader box. Strong but slow changing
I see high 12s what section did you see 11s
@@Anthony-os8id Thats uphill track,easily 11s if flat.
And yet, he had immeasurable joy in doing so, something NO AUTO will give u👌✌️💯✔️
2282 pounds with 900 hp??? No fucking wonder this car walks stangs like i walk a cane corso. 💯👋👌✌️✔️🤟😃💣👍
Drag racing in Europe is BIZARRE. Bumpy ass “drag strip”, flag girl, no helmet 😂 old school 🤘
It's uphill too, so the times only apply to that place.
Hey ! Flag Girl was rather Cute .
The setup of the timing system is interesting to say the least. They get a bit of a running start and sensors pick up the body instead of tires.
@@johncunningham4820 Flag girl in the US would be some nasty BBW covered in ink.
That Cobra should be running much harder than it is. Mid 11's...should be mid 10's if it has 900 hp. My '66 Buick GS runs low 11's
He is easing it off the line. If he had drag slicks and launched hard with good traction he would easily be in the 10's. 900hp in a car that light would have no problem turning those times.
@@chrisauten2039 the voice of sense 👍🏼
Slow over seas shit. A 95 civic would put that cobra in its place unfortunately
I've ran 12.9 with 310hp in a 4.6 mustang that weighs 3200lbs without me. This car is overkill on power and underkill on suspension/tires. With that said, it's fucking beautiful and I wouldn't make a it a drag only car either if I owned it. Right suspension/slicks probably looking at a high 8's car if the rest of the drivetrain can hold up.
Suuuuper sweet ride.
@@nolte8152 dreamer
A 900 hp Cobra should be even quicker than that.
Would require different tires to get much more of the 900 to the ground and probably a few plates in the trunk. That's probably not a computer controlled throttle and there is no traction control. He was fighting smoking the tires the whole first half of the run, almost bit it hard one time on the 3rd run - and you do not want to crash one, its not a "safe" modern car, it wants to kill you. Just because it has more power doesn't make it quicker on the track....
Should be running in the 9’s
900hp in 11s, he drives like my grandma, but it is a beautiful car.
Cant really blame him for not beating the shit out of it , yes it is a beautiful little car .
No traction
Beautiful
The guy driving the Cobra shifted gears, Like grandmaw.
It's his Daily Drive . Didn't want to Hurt it . It was wheel-spinning every gear anyway .
Felt good that most of the people cheered for the oldies!
No Brainer . That Mustang never has a chance against the Cobra
With approx. 900 HP and weighing about 1800 -1900 lbs that Cobra should be knocking on low 9's.not 11's
Need slicks or AWD
@@mcplutt no
Weighs a lot more than 1900 lbs. Hp numbers dont automatically mean xxx et.
Bad ass and gorgeous at the same time. Aces.
Looks beautiful awesome video😊😀✌👍👍👍🎉🎉🎉🎉
I am 19 n I want one. This is something whin even a gen Z guy like me would like.
Wow, and sounds like he was shifting ol man style at 5k!! Beautiful kit.
and spanked the comp.
I was thinking that too he wasn't shifting at the top of the power curve
I think this is my favourite American car coming from someone who loves jdm
The American V-8 speaks a language we can all understand 😎
Not sure where this is, Germany, Netherlands maybe, but it’s good to see Europeans enjoying American cars. If you don’t want to be like everyone else this would do it.
It looks like Germany from the language spoken and the number plates.
When the Shelby Copra came out in the '60s, for me and my boyfriend, it was the sports car. All others were boring and toys. 🤩🤩🤩
Looks like that drag strip is going uphill !!
Ayo, that RTR was hella clean though
I love the two roll bar look more than the single
That Cobra driver had fear and respect for that much power under the hood.
As one should, no traction control or dynamic stability control on this beast. The first time you forget how thin the line between control and chaos really is, the beast will remind you. Then you find yourself in one of those "Failure" videos.
It's a street legal car in Germany on normal asphalt no glue like at your raceways but better than all of the Mustangs 😂🤣😂
What color is the AC Cobra @ 0:39 ? I'm thinking Cherry Red or some sort of wine color but, of course, it could be maroon, burgundy, or magenta. It's also @ 4:29 - 5:01.
The cobra backed off the gas to not wreck and still won
You definitely need skills to handle this car.
yeah me
it's not called the widow maker for no reason
900 hp doesn’t do 11.8 sec on a small car it would be 8 seconds at 900hp
Believe he's taking it a bit easy, otherwise, he'll get tire spin. No way to just romp on it.
@@advicemaster1365 you could ease into it after the 60ft, that car isn't making 900 to crank.
Uh yea 8 seconds if he can hook and it actually made 900 crank
When you can't drive things like this happen..
That car actually makes big ass horsepower, but if you notice when he finally lays on the throttle all the way the car just snaps sideways... Those little cobras are very very deceptive little vehicles no way to put all of the horsepower to the ground without the threat of flipping the damn thing over
Motorcycles and automobiles have always been my loves, but that woman at the starting line, with her little skirt and big boots makes me very happy as well!
Number plates are from my hometown, Viersen in Germany. Never saw that car before o.0
My dream car!!
If the driver lost 150LBS like his doctor says he should you would shave at least 1 second off the 1/4 mile
The red Cobra has a good driver
- Å fan! 👍
Sehr gut!!
I think he had the front wheels up at 3/4track...nice
American muscle cant be beat!!!!😎
This shows the difference between cars that look fast and cars that are fast.
My cobra ran 12.34 on street tyres with 430 hp. 900 would be well into the 10s?
That might not be a quarter mile because they in Europe
Beast......
" you ain't seen nothing yet !" " try 900hp with4 wheel drive and wide " Mickey thompson slicks ( lol )
5:55 traction control courtesy of your right foot 👍
Hey Little Cobra getting ready to strike
コブラ！めちゃくちゃ好き〜
I iove this car❤
Super cool 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😁✌️
How many cars overheat waiting in line?
900HP but pulling high 12s that don't sound right
That's 400HP time's
Get to the choppaahh!!!
900 hp ? it wouldn't even outrun a 69 Z/28 cross ram
an S/C 427 cobra can go from 0-100-0 in 14 seconds the acceleration is unbelievable
The only car to ever come close to matching it was the Viper.
Where you from Gumbal?
Çok güzel...😍👏
Which kit of this cobra? it's perfect
900 hp, no traction control, no ABS, no stability control
All the money in the world can't make you smart enough to wear a damn helmet
Yep, motorcycle riders have been trying to prove for at least 80 years that their heads are harder than concrete.
If you have a $5 dollar head, wear a $5 helmet. Pictures speak louder than words
Cobras rule.
Almost lost it at 5:55
Must have been texting.
British style with American horses... Best of both worlds
Cobra is lighter and has all that muscle💪
Beautiful car on both the grey and red schemes. Something's off, though, pulling mid to high 11's on 900 hp??
Drivers weigh a lot lol and late shifting
My brother was a professional mechanic in the mid 70s. He built a Cobra and engine for the owner of a local drug store. Or the first test run they lost control of the car. The ambulance crew found them about 150 feet from the car. By some miracle they both survived, but neither can remember what happened. The car? It was a mangled ball of scrap metal. I don't know if anyone could handle putting the pedal to the metal in one of these cars. Shalom/gw
Flooring a Cobra is risky business. I've got drag radials on the back of mine and it's my daily driver. I also have a brand new set of street tires mounted on matching wheels that just sit in the garage - too dangerous for the street. It's got 615 crank hp.
The old guy busting up the johny come latelies mind u with 900 horses under the hood I’m not surprised
I'll bet on the cobra.
All day long.
Which Kit of this Cobra? Who knows? Incrediable lines of wings
TOP.
Badass and badass looking
Everyone's scared of that Cobra!
Yea that cobra is not making even 600hp to crank. No way. The roush cobra factory next to us in South florida, my buddy tuned them all down the street and I was with him in a few from 300 to 600hp versions and the 600hp was just to much one treet for that light of car with the wheel base.
It's one of my dream cars to build, but no way in hell that's even close to 900 crank, every gear even easing into he would be ice skating.
Put a real cobra like that next to your roush on a drag strip and see what happnens.
U knew when the Cobra showed up, it was all over…..
Word is that mustang is still shifting gears.
Is it homologated or how did you travelled through whole those EU homologation problems?
That cobra is running 400 at best
Hahaha, you don't know anything about the matter...
Anyone that knows cobras can tell a 400hp doesn't move that fast...
You didn't notice the driver taking it easy?
😱😱😱😱😭😭😭
He was holding back to bumpy
Er hat einfach mal alle fertig gemacht 😂
1:58: a trifecta of american muscle. Or, a quartet? 👌✌️🔥👋💯
Really thought it would be quicker than a an 11.. sec car, 900hp, power to weight ratio...?? Surprised..
It's set up for the road, tyres etc, put slicks on and not be so gentle off the line it's a different story, he is not showing you the cars full potential here
He's babying the car and toying with the other drivers.
Ahhhh. ok, that makes sense, thanks for your replies guys.
Das it’s gut jawohl!!!
13.16 is not what I call brutal acceleration. Sorry.
Was look ur old vid and u post a new one ;-;
Wow I'm guessing somewhere in Germany??? The track is up hill and the shut down is .... down hill..... strange.